Paula groaned as she shoved the remains of her class notes into her bag. The fifteen year old forced herself up and walked out of her Social Studies class, managing to obtain another detention with Mrs. Salazar. The raven-haired girl stared at her schedule before she was tackled by something or someone.

An upbeat voice said "Paula!" The guitarist sighed "Hey Cait."

The slightly shorter girl asked "Did you get another detention?"

After a moment of an awkward silence, Caitlin frowned "There's no way I'm spending another afternoon alone at Starbucks withoout my best friend."

Paula stared blankly at her "I know. I'm skipping and going to Starbuck with you and after that go home and play Kingdom Hearts." The brunette laughed "Jesus, you're obsessed with that game as much as I'm obsessed with Naruto." She pulled out the latest volume and waved it in front of her face.

A reply came "I have my likes and you have yours. Now I need my vanilla bean frappacino. C'mon, we have to go before Salazar sees me."

The two girls snuck out and walked down to their favorite place in town. They didn't notice the dark cloud slowly approaching the town. Paula almost squealed when she received her drink "Finally!"

Caitlin grabbed hers and sat down "So how's the band doing?"

The other replied "Okay. We've managed to play at Oblivion's Nightmare. I hear that the café is popular."

The fifteen year old said "No way, that's awesome! I'm totally going there to support you guys!" Her best friend embraced Caitlin as she heard "Thanks! It means a lot to me and the others!"

They continued talking about boys, school and other things. Paula opened the door as they were leaving and glared at the sky as she said "Did it say it was supposed to rain today?"

The girl replied "Don't think so."

The raven-haired girl snarled "Damn. Looks like its going pour." They ran as fast as they could to a safe spot and listened to the rain. The two friends stared into the parking lot. Caitlin then asked "Are you okay after what had happened?"

A strain reply was heard "Don't know if I'll ever get over it. I was treated for shock for about a week." They were talking about Paula's late mother. The girl had found her mother, dead, hanging by a rope in her room. Her father had left them when she was younger and was back to support and care for the girl. Caitlin said "At least your dad's is here. I was afraid he wouldn't come."

A laugh escaped from Paula's lips "Yeah, who knows where I'd be now…" The brunette dropped the conversation, knowing that Paula wouldn't want it to continue.

Suddenly lighting struck the tree across from them. They sat there, scared from what had just occurred. Paula abruptly said "We better go." She dragged her friend out of the storm and headed to the only other safe place, the abandoned house. They sat on the couch, wondering when the rainstorm would end and slowly entering the world of dreams.